dear yan fan, this week we went to the salt flats with brian and michelle. the company and conversation were exceptional. they’re really fun people. i made a couple “jokes”; they didn’t laugh. i hope they know i was joking and that i’m not a jerk. the highlight of the trip was when our car...
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me brother | utah engagement photographer, utah wedding photographer
yesterday, on my mysterious bottom half post, i recieved the following comment on my blog: Is it your brother? Because I’m dying to see those photos.” and we all know that i aim to please. and maybe we don’t all know this, but i have GOT to get caught up on giving my couples some...
tommy’s burger | utah engagement photographer
today when i photographed this couple, i felt happy.
one to twentynine . six / utah wedding photographer
dear yan, i got a call today. they wanted us to do a reality show. something about documenting the perfect life and half a million dollars. then i explained how every morning i make the bed and dump the basket of (unfolded) clean laundry on the bed so i’ll have to fold it before i...
one to twentynine . five / utah wedding photographer
we went to a photographers’ convention in las vegas. it’s called wppi. we took very few pictures but here’s one i set up in the hotel. some of us look better than others, but then this project is about yan.
one to twentynine . four / utah wedding photographer
martin: when i was younger i would insist my eyes were grey. it never went on my driver’s license or anything, but occasionally someone would squint at me and lean a little closer and ask, “what color are your eyes?” at first i wasn’t sure why people kept asking me that, but i took a...
marty’s 1 to 29, behind the scenes | utah photographer
let’s all hold hands and chant serenely, “we’ll get through this together…we’ll get through this together.” because let me tell you that when the last few strands of daylight are slipping behind the mountains, and marty says to me, “we need to take your picture,” and i haven’t showered since, well, since, and i’ve spent...
uncle marty’s second portrait, and baby update | utah photographer, idaho photographer
so i saw the dr. today. not my doctor. but the ultrasound doctor. i get to have some extra ultra sounds during this pregnancy because of what i so ominously mentioned before about the baby’s “condition.” i really feel bad for going and getting you all worked up and concerned, because truly, it appears as...
one to twenty nine . number one / utah wedding photographer destination wedding photographer
dear yan fan, i’ve been getting these awful migraines. and that’s part of the reason why i haven’t been entirely presentable the past couple days. and to be honest, it’s only part of the reason (nevertheless it is part of the reason) that i may have gone unshaven for several days now. so today our...
i need to tell you something | utah photographer, boise photographer
doesn’t it feel like so long since we’ve last talked? i am not loving the sense of disconnect i’m feeling over here. truth be told, lately there has been just way too much about work and life that i’m not “loving,” so much. so i’m changing it. there’s a lot i have to catch you...
in case you didn’t get marty’s secret code below…
this is your chance, if you’re in utah, to come and hang out in the studio, take a look around, and all the while be listening to the sweet music of adam and darcie LIVE. plus the food part. the food part is really good. so come say hello! we don’t bite. and if you’re...
secret studio opening party / destination wedding photographer
dear yan, the secret studio opening party is almost upon us. all our friends in the area will be getting their secret invitations – you know, the ones plastered on facebook and our blog. my only regret is that i wish more strangers would come. i wish they would read the blog and decide to...
YAN LOVES BABIES | Utah commercial photographer, Idaho commercial photographer
hey y’all! so some of you crafty readers already noticed my mini announcement that Yan is looking for babies to model for a fun commercial gig. i so appreciate your responses, and promise that i will be getting in touch with each of you who have responded to date. i also wanted to make a...
needles. p.s. don’t faint. / utah wedding photographer
dear yan, it had been a month since my last allergy shot. and today i finally got back on track. i remember when i went to see the allergist and they poked my back with extracts from every plant that’s poisonous to my body. and of course the skin on my back swelled into dozens...
a hammer and some place serene / utah wedding photographer
dear yan, i took some time to meditate today. i went to the serenest place i know and felt at peace. we all need time for something like that. and surprisingly it’s not unlike the feeling you get from doing some hard physical labor. today i was hammering and sawing and lifting, working on the...